Well it's about as hot as it gets with .high humidity, this early in the year too. There are black, deer, green head, and Tyrannosaurus rex horse flies by the thousands and mosquitos by the millions.. Cat claw, and greenbriers, and cottonmouths by the truck load. I went to check a swamp and the farmer had planted the field so I had to walk in wearing chest waders. Long dang walk.Hot, flies, mosquitos and a heavy pack. When I got there, I was on a dam with little to no bottom on either side. If you got off the dam you sunk to your hips or mine anyway. Just about in the middle of the dam I met a bear. I pulled out my camera and took picture as he walked towards me on the dam. Then I went to video as he kept walking towards me. I have worked with bears for years. Dang thing just kept coming so I waved and hollard, he stopped and then came on some more. At about 30 yards I pulled my pistol loaded with snake shot and fired hoping the bang would scare it. It did for about 3 feet and then it snapped it jaws. Well the heat and bugs didn;'t seem so bad anymore. He sat down at about 30 yards and just watched me. I went in to blow the dam and after the walk in I didn't want to make it again, so I set it up as the critter watched. After about an hour he finally got up and walked off. When he got out of sight I blew the dam and left. I have never had a bear hang out before. The torture from the heat and bugs returned on the way out. I think the temp was around 500 degrees when I got to the truck and it was only 0930.
But on a positive note, I got some good bear pictures up close and some folks have never seen one before.
